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Thursday, 5 June 2008

KPE Episode 177 "Matatuhi"

"Matatuhi" by Robyn Kahukiwa is presented by Sela and Destiney from Room 15.It is the story of Mata, a young Maori girl, who has been adopted into a Pakeha family. She knows very little about her Maori heritage.A long time ago, Matatuhi, a fabulous weaver and a woman with special powers, dreamed of making a special cloak, and of meeting a young girl with fair hair and green eyes. Many years later, in modern times, a girl named Mata is adopted by Pakeha parents. She has fair hair, but brown skin. On a class visit to the museum one day, Mata is entranced by a beautiful cloak, and a carved female figure with a chin moko who seems to speak to her. Later, she dreams of feathered cloaks and an old Maori woman with a moko. After the visit, Mata discovers her whakapapa and decides to use her original Maori name – Matatuhi.What happens next changes her life forever.To download a Quicktime version click here.Let us know what you think of this podcast.

You's use a really good expression & best of all your smile's!The book however was great I thought I might pop down to the library & find the book to read myself at lunchtime.Anyways great podcast cant wait till your next one

Hi this is Emily and Marit from Muritai School here.Our teacher visited you on Tuesday.That book suresounds interesting.We would love toread it some time.It sounds fun to dopodcasts.We wish our class could do podcasts too.

Yous had clear voices all the way through and good expresion. That was a weird dream of seeing her future family. Anyway Matatuhi must have been a pretty good weaver then. Well I enjoyed listening to it. Can't wait for another one. Tanisha

great podcast loved your voice they were very clear. I was excited and was looking foward to listening to your podcast and mata she was a really good weaver.That was cool how mata touched the cloak and it turned into a women.But she was lucky she found a family.